Posts Tagged With: Guest Reviewer – Morgan

Book Review: Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

Posted on September 24, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Rattlesnake
Author: Kim Fielding
Heroes: Jimmy Dorsett/Shane Little
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 240 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A drifter since his teens, Jimmy Dorsett has no home and no hope. What he does have is a duffel bag, a lot of stories, and a junker car. Then one cold desert night he picks up a hitchhiker and ends up with something more: a letter from a dying man to the son he hasn’t seen in years.

On a quest to deliver the letter, Jimmy travels to Rattlesnake, a small town nestled in the foothills of the California Sierras. The centerpiece of the town is the Rattlesnake Inn, where the bartender is handsome former cowboy Shane Little. Sparks fly, and when Jimmy’s car gives up the ghost, Shane gets him a job as handyman at the inn.

Both within the community of Rattlesnake and in Shane’s arms, Jimmy finds an unaccustomed peace. But it can’t be a lasting thing. The open road continues to call, and surely Shane—a strong, proud man with a painful past and a difficult present—deserves better than a lying vagabond who can’t stay put for long.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Abuse, Bartender, Contemporary, cowboys, disability, Dreamspinner Press, Drifter, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, injury/recovery, Kim Fielding, Location - California, M/M, Missing Parents, Old West, older men, Prostitution, Rape, Rattlesnake, Seizures, Sex Workers, slow burn, Small Town Romance, Step-Families, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Pura Vida by Sara Alva

Posted on September 23, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Pura Vida
Author: Sara Alva
Narrator: Joseph Northton
Series: Love Has No Boundaries
Heroes: Simon/Juan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 2 hours, 23 minutes
Publisher: Sara Alva
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Simon has found himself in an open relationship for the summer—though not by choice. Instead of wallowing, he’s decided to make the most of a family vacation to Costa Rica by hooking up with the first hot guy available. Trouble is, he has no clue how to go about doing that.

Luckily, he runs into someone with a little more experience. But when the moments of lust turn into something more, Simon isn’t so sure he’ll be able to return to his old relationship. And there’s no way to hold onto this new one, either, as thousands of miles will separate them in only a few short weeks. Either way, he’ll have to learn to let go.

This story was written as a part of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group’s “Love Has No Boundaries” event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Bi-Racial, College Students, Conservation, Contemporary, Eco-tourism, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Joseph Northton, Location - Costa Rica, Long-Distance Relationship, M/M, NA, open relationship, Pura Vida, racism, Rich/Poor, Sara Alva, Self-Published, Series - Love Has No Boundaries, The Blogger Girls, travel, Turtles, Young Love | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Linemates by D.K. Dunn

Posted on September 22, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Linemates
Author: D.K. Dunn
Narrator: Michael Pauley
Heroes: Derek LaVigne/Trevor Ladouceur
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 6 hours, 59 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Life is going pretty well for Derek LaVigne. He’s playing professional hockey in Los Angeles where hockey is barely on the radar, and this allows him to live in relative anonymity. Derek’s world is tilted on its axis when he’s traded to the Detroit Wheels. Not only is this one of the top teams in the National Hockey League, he’ll also be playing in a city that lives and breathes hockey. It sounds like a dream come true, but soon enough it becomes clear it isn’t.

The reason for Derek’s change of heart is Trevor Ladouceur. Five years ago Derek and Trevor were linemates on Team Canada at the World Junior Championship. They were inseparable both on and off the ice and became known as the Wonder Twins. After winning the gold medal, they slept together. Trevor was gone the next morning, and they haven’t spoken since. Now they’re together again, and the expectation is for the Wonder Twins to help Detroit win the Stanley Cup. Much to Derek’s dismay, he realizes he’s falling in love with Trevor all over again.
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Categories: 2 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Athletes, audio book, Closeted, Coming Out, D.K. Dunn, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Linemates, Low Steam Level, Michael Pauley, OFY, reunited lovers, Sports - Hockey, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Canning the Center by Tara Lain

Posted on September 21, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Canning the Center
Author: Tara Lain
Narrator: Jean-Paul Barrel
Series: Long Pass Chronicles #2
Heroes: Jamal Jones/Trevor Landry
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 9 hours, 17 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Six foot seven inch, 300 pound Jamal Jones loves football, so when he finds out the ultra-conservative owner of his new pro football team fired their current center because he’s gay, bisexual Jamal decides to stay in the closet and hang with the females. Then, at a small drag show, he comes face-to-face with his sexual fantasy in the form of Trixie LaRue, a drag queen so exquisitely convincing she scrambles Jamal’s hormones — and his resolve to nurse his straight side.

Trevor Landry, aka Trixie LaRue, hides more than his genitals. A mathematician so brilliant he can’t be measured, Trevor disguises his astronomical IQ and his quirk for women’s clothes behind his act as a gay activist undergrad at Southern California University.

To Trevor, Jamal is the answer to a dream — a man who can love and accept both his personas. When he discovers Jamal’s future is threatened if he’s seen with a guy, Trevor becomes Trixie to let Jamal pass as straight. But Trevor risks his position every time he puts on a dress. Is there a closet big enough to hold a football pro and a drag queen?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Athletes, audio book, Bi-Sexual, Canning the Center, Closeted, College Student, Contemporary, Cross dressing, Drag Queen, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, Jean-Paul Barrel, M/M, Nerd/Jock, Series - Long Pass Chronicles, Sports - Football, Tara Lain, The Blogger Girls, transgender | Leave a comment

Book Review: First by K.C. Wells

Posted on September 20, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: First
Author: K.C. Wells
Heroes: Tommy Newsome/Mike Scott
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 296 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: It’s taken Tommy Newsome a while to get his head around being gay.

Growing up in a small town in Georgia, hasn’t prepared him for the more liberal life of a student at the university in Athens. Add to that the teachings of his parents and his church, and you have one shy young man who feels out of his depth. Working on his daddy’s farm hasn’t given him any chance of a social life, certainly not one like the clubs of Atlanta have on offer. Not that Tommy feels comfortable when he gets to sample it—Momma’s lectures still ring loudly inside his head.

All that changes when he goes to his first gay bar and sets eyes on Mike Scott.

When Mike’s not behind the bar at Woofs, he’s busy with his life as adult entertainer Scott Masters. Twenty years in the industry and the times, they are a-changing. Mike’s not had much luck in the relationship department, but as his mom is fond of telling him, you keep fishing in the same pond, you’re gonna reel in the same kind of fish. Maybe it’s time for a change.

And then a beautiful young man asks Mike to be his first….
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Age Gap, Bartender, Closeted, College Student, Coming Out, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, First, First-Time, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, HEA, Homophobia, K.C. Wells, M/M, May/December, Sex Workers, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Shotgun by Marie Sexton

Posted on September 19, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Shotgun
Author: Marie Sexton
Narrator: Paul Morey
Series: Coda Books #7
Heroes: Dominic Jacobson/Lamar Franklin
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 8 hours, 31 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: As a young man, Dominic Jacobsen already suspects he’s gay, and he gets all the confirmation he needs when a rich boy from out of town climbs into the back seat of Dominic’s GTO. One night with Lamar Franklin is all it takes to convince Dominic he’s found the man of his dreams. Unfortunately, that one night is all he’ll get before Lamar returns to Tucson.

Fifteen years later Lamar returns to Coda, Colorado, after ending the latest in a string of bad relationships. He’s alone, depressed, and plagued by late-night phone calls from an unidentified caller. Lamar’s ready to give up when he comes face-to-face with his past.

Since he was seventeen, Dominic has dreamed of a reunion with Lamar, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready for it now. Facing small-town rumors and big-family drama is bad enough, but Dominic won’t risk losing custody of his teenage daughter, Naomi. The only solution is to make sure he and Lamar remain friends and nothing more. Clothes stay on, no matter what.

It seems simple enough. But for better or worse, Lamar has other ideas.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: audio book, Bi-Sexual, Bigoted, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Existing Couples, Family Drama, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, Location - Colorado, M/M, Marie Sexton, Men with kids, Paul Morey, Reunited, Series - Coda Books, Shotgun, stalker, The Blogger Girls, Young Love | Leave a comment

Book Review: Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

Posted on September 18, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Fit to be Tied
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: Marshals #2
Heroes: Miro Jones/Ian Doyl
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 228 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Deputy US Marshals Miro Jones and Ian Doyle are now partners on and off the job: Miro’s calm professionalism provides an ideal balance to Ian’s passion and quick temper. In a job where one misstep can be the difference between life and death, trust means everything. But every relationship has growing pains, and sometimes Miro stews about where he stands with his fiery lover. Could the heartstrings that so recently tied them together be in danger of unraveling?

Those new bonds are constantly challenged by family intrusions, well-intentioned friends, their personal insecurities, and their dangerous careers—including a trial by fire when an old case of Miro’s comes back to haunt them. It might just be enough to make Ian rethink his decision to let himself be tied down, and Miro can only hope the links they’ve forged will be strong enough to hold.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: BDSM, Contemporary, Dirty Talk, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Fit to be Tied, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hurt/Comfort, Law Enforcement, M/M, Mary Calmes, Men with pets, Mystery/Suspense, Series - Marshals, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Lost Along the Way by Marie Sexton

Posted on September 17, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Lost Along the Way
Author: Marie Sexton
Narrator: Jeff Gelder
Series: Tales of the Curious Cookbook
Heroes: Daniel Whitaker/Landon Kushner
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 4 Hours, 41 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: august 11, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Three months after losing his parents in a car crash, Denver weatherman Daniel Whitaker returns to Laramie, Wyoming. It’s bad enough dealing with the death of his parents and his failing relationship of fifteen years, but when he finds his childhood home full of clutter, Daniel is at a loss. He enlists Landon, his parents’ sexy neighbor, to help him sort through the mess. Landon Kushner is a study in contradictions. He builds wind sculptures out of scrap metal and loves the outdoors, but he also rides a mint-green Vespa and has an affinity for knitting and fortune-telling. He’s been friends with Daniel’s parents for years, and he’s more than willing to lend a hand.

Their plan is simple: clean the house so Daniel can sell it and get back to his life in Denver. But when a strange cookbook comes into Landon’s possession, Daniel begins to realize that the universe–and Granny B–may have other plans.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Artist, audio book, Baking, Cheating, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, Grief, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hurt/Comfort, Husband, Infidelity, Jeff Gelder, Location - Wyoming, Lost Along the Way, M/M, Magic/Fantasy, Marie Sexton, neighbors, paranormal, Rebound, Series - Tales of the Curious Cookbook, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Love Turned Blue by Evan Gilbert

Posted on September 16, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Love Turned Blue
Author: Evan Gilbert
Heroes: Slade/Bruno
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 73 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: After a strained and unfulfilling marriage to a woman, contractor Slade Thompson has had some very hot sex with some very hot men. But none of them have come close to giving Slade what he really wants—love and commitment. When he meets auto mechanic Bruno Ross, Slade finally finds a man who desires a dedicated relationship as much as he does. But Slade’s thirteen-year-old son Kent is spiraling out of control as he struggles through the emotional fallout from the divorce. It’s too bad Bruno doesn’t like kids, and isn’t at all sure he wants to be around a hostile boy who blames his gay dad for tearing his family apart.

Bruno has baggage of his own. He broke up with Davis, his partner of eleven years, only five months before he met Slade. It quickly becomes obvious that, despite his strong feelings for Slade, Bruno hasn’t quite broken his emotional ties to his past with Davis. Mutual desire—no matter how strong—might not be enough to hold their budding romance together.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Blue-collar, Contemporary, Divorced, Dreamspinner Press, Evan Gilbert, Family Drama, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, interracial, Location - Chicago, Long-Term Commitment, Love Turned Blue, M/M, Men with kids, Novella, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Love Comes Unheard by Andrew Grey

Posted on September 15, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Love Comes Unheard
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Senses #5
Heroes: Garrett Bowman/Wilson Haskins
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 200 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Garrett Bowman is shocked that fate has brought him to a family who can sign. He’s spent much of his life on the outside looking in, even within his biological family, and to be accepted and employed is more than he could have hoped for. With Connor, who’s included him in his family, Garrett has found a true friend, but with the distant Brit Wilson Haskins, Garrett may have found something more. In no time, Garrett gets under Wilson’s skin and finds his way into Wilson’s heart, and over shared turbulent family histories, Wilson and Garrett form a strong bond.

Wilson’s especially impressed with the way Garrett’s so helpful to Janey, Connor and Dan’s daughter, who is also deaf. When Wilson’s past shows up in the form of his brother Reggie, bringing unscrupulous people to whom Reggie owes money, life begins to unravel. These thugs don’t care how they get their money, what they have to do, or who they might hurt. Without the strength of love and the bonds of family and friends, Garrett and Wilson could pay the ultimate price.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Age Gap, Andrew Grey, blackmail, Children, Contemporary, Crime, danger, Deaf, disability, Dreampsinner Press, Existing Couples, Family Drama, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Kidnapping, Love Comes Unheard, M/M, Series - Senses, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Guest Reviewer – Morgan

Book Review: Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

Audio Review: Pura Vida by Sara Alva

Audio Review: Linemates by D.K. Dunn

Audio Review: Canning the Center by Tara Lain

Book Review: First by K.C. Wells

Audio Review: Shotgun by Marie Sexton

Book Review: Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

Audio Review: Lost Along the Way by Marie Sexton

Book Review: Love Turned Blue by Evan Gilbert

Book Review: Love Comes Unheard by Andrew Grey

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